West Penn today

[Fredbruhn at aol.com]

The car barn in Uniontown was converted to a sub station sometime with the 
barn torn down.   The transformers and electrical gizmos were put on the 
floor where you could still see the tracks in the concrete floor.  Today all 
that is gone but the site is still used for power transmission  with a new 
floor.   It is not hard to find.

As Ed points out in the July photo of the Museum calendar for 2000 the 
Uniontown station is now a business building and looks quite nice, even to a 
car stop sign attached to the overhang.  You can no longer drive around the 
building  as West Penn did and was possible by car for many years.

The Greensburg terminal is intact, and now the City Hall.  They have made a 2 
story addition where the overhang was for loading and unloading.  The freight 
terminal hasn't changed much and take note of the WP logo that is concrete or 
stone on the top of the front facade of the building.  I stopped in the 
building at the police desk to tell them what I was doing and they didn't 
have a clue what a street car was.  

Connellsville terminal looks very much as it did in WP days, and is now a 
bank.
The freight terminal behind the passenger station is gone.  The main shops at 
Connellsville look like Ft. Knox.  WP Power uses the site as a storage area 
for 
supplies with many new buildings.  I think there may be a couple of the 
original buildings back in the complex but gates, fence and a foreboding 
appearance kept me out of there.

Dunbar will never change.  Easy to trace the route through town.

Next time I'll pick up my Brownsville - Uniontown trip at Republic where I 
left off
and got some help from Ed to clarify things.

Fred